Twinka Thiebaud and the Art of Pose
By (Author) Jayme Yahr
By (author) Henry Miller
By (author) Twinka Thiebaud
Hirmer Verlag
Hirmer Verlag
20th November 2022
30th June 2022
Germany
General
Non Fiction
Portraits and self-portraiture in art
Photography: portraits and self-portraiture
Photographic equipment and techniques: general
704.942
Hardback
127
Width 200mm, Height 250mm
740g
Over the course of seven decades, Twinka Thiebaud has collaborated with thirty artists working in photography, painting, and drawing. This catalogue explores her body of work as an artist's model alongside developments in photographic techniques and technology, and the role of nature in defining West Coast experimentation.
This is the first book to highlight Twinka Thiebaud's long career and influence as an artist's model, while also exploring the artistic processes of numerous West Coast-based artists working today. Comprised of 120 paintings, drawings, and photographs that date from the 1940s through 2021, this catalogue's essays and interview investigate the body/nature relationship in photographs of Thiebaud from the 1970s and 2000s, and her collaborations with such artists as Judy Dater and John Reiff Williams.
Jayme Yahr is associate curator at the Crocker Art Museum. In addition she has published widely on the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, American works on paper, and donor museums.